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Its been a while and the blog saw very little action. Not that the pots weren’t full, but the Pitter Potter gardener, got busy and was down with an eye infection. However glad to be back and here are a few beauties which warmed my heart this week.

Radishes – The Radishes were the easiest to grow taking less than a month to harvest. I chose the pink beauties because they were pink and looked very appealing . Take a look at its pictorial journey. The saplings at 10 days.,The pinkies at 25 days:

And then the rocket leaves with their journey from pot to plate in 4 weeks.

And here was the produce:

And what followed was an yummylicious salad,with a bit of bite, mustard vinaigrette, tomatoes,feta cheese , rocket leaves and radish. It disappeared as soon it was placed on the table.

Its been a while folks, lets connect, let me know whats growing in your part of the world and your homes?

The reds and the greens spotting the balcony and the slight nip in the air, sure feels like Christmas. Warm days and the chilly evenings, marking my favourite season of the year- Winter. And unlike , the other parts of the world, I am glad that there are some flowers still blooming and keep my spirits high.. Come take a peek at the lovely Christmasy Poinsettia that I bought , on a trip to Chikmagalur this January.

Its been a while since I have grown vegetables since the carrots tested my patience. So I went searching for veggie seeds that would not take too long and bought the cabbage seeds from the local nursery. Prepared the soil ( mix of cocopeat, soil, vermicompost and manure) and then off went the seeds. A week later and I had these cute saplings coming up. (Absolute mindless scattering. I never learn ,do I?)

Better sense prevailed and I thinned the growth, transplanting some of them and unfortunately discarding the weak ones. Here are the one month old saplings.

I fertilised them with organic fertilizer at this stage. Ensured that the soil is moist, and kept removing the yellowing leaves at the base. And after 45 days of wait, I could see the plant preparing itself , first the base and slowly the formation of the head.

Another round of fertilising and here I had the fully formed head after around 25 days.

I harvested the head after a week , and loved the tender, sweet vegetable. Harvesting it was fun, as though mother nature, was presenting me with a stalk.(tap root)

Here’s what I made from the home grown cabbage following the recipe from my favourite cooking blog. (Kothiyavanu)

Here’s the dish that the family loved and enjoyed. Cabbage Thoran ( A south Indian cabbage stir fry)

So here I go , enjoying the weather , the festivities in the air , waiting to hear from you.